January 27, 2022
Chaya Sara Oppenheim writes on Norman Rockwell’s “Working on the Statue of Liberty” and on the work required to preserve our liberty. Rockwell depicts a different, rare, and meaningful vantage point: We see Lady Liberty from behind, with our feet already firmly planted on American soil. The Statue of Liberty—for all the freedom and “world-wide welcome” that she symbolizes at the entrance of New York Harbor—is not the central figure in this painting.
January 26, 2022
TRADITION’s new issue has just arrived with articles on the longevity of the ancients, early American Haredization, the literary unity of halakha and aggada, and much more. View the TOC and read select open-access content.
January 24, 2022
Rabbi Lamm critiqued Modern Orthodoxy for being “too apologetic in explaining and interpreting ourselves to the outside world.” Yet, he expressed discomfort and ambivalence about the very nomenclature of the community, admitting at one point that he uses the name Modern Orthodox “only with the greatest hesitation.” Jeffrey Saks explores R. Lamm’s writings on Centrist and Modern Orthodoxy in his contribution to the “Rabbi Lamm Memorial Volume” (open access).
January 20, 2022
Steven Gotlib compares and contrasts “The Matrix” and Jewish mystical traditions, suggesting the relationship between man and machine in the movie is fundamentally antagonistic: for one to live freely, the other must be enslaved. Our reality, however, is quite different. The relationship between humanity and divinity, as portrayed in Nefesh HaHayyim and Tanya, is one of cooperation.
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